When developing a business plan you want it to be perfect and self-explanatory. A business plan contains all the information you will need in order to receive funds from a bank or investors to start your business. Well for the last ten months or so I have been working on my business plan preparing for the day that I have to place it in some one hands. I was researching some banks, venture capitalist, and angel investors when I came across this company named Gulf Coast Venture Forum. The company is located in Naples, FL it is a group of angel investors that looks for investment prospective in pre-revenue or early revenue companies involved in targeted industries.
Ran by Timothy J. Cartwright Chairman of Gulf Coast Venture Forum. He is also Managing Director of Compass Advisory Group, LLC, a firm he founded in 2003. He began his career working with marketing companies that specialized in software. He received his MBA at J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and his undergrad from University of Wisconsin in Economics. He has also served as a Board position with FGCU Foundation and served as a Director for the Florida Economic Development Council.
The company looks for passionate and committed management team who also has invested their own capital in the company. There should be documentation of customer demand within the industry and business, a competitor analysis, a complete description on how the company will make money. Proforma financial statements should be included as well with detailed information on revenue build-up, and an exit strategy along with how the company will return the angel investors fund. If selected GCVF provides presenters with a 20-minute delivery followed by 10 minutes of Q&A. They look for market opportunities, potential growth, among other factors, to make sure that you are meeting the investment criteria.
So make sure that when the time comes for you to complete your business plan and hand it to investor that you do your homework and research companies like the one above, because not all investors are good investors.
www.gcvf.com
http://www.pr.com/press-release/70338
http://angelsoft.net/angel-group/gulf-coast-venture-forum
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